Vehicle.



M. S. BROWN.

VEHICLE.

APPLICAUON FILED JAN. 19. 1918.

Patented June 24, 1919.

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M. 8. BROWN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. IQIB.

I I I I I I l l I I I I I I I I MORTIMER s. BROWN, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 24, 1919.

Application filed January 19, 1918. Serial No. 212,c12.

To alt whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MORTIMER S. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicles,

of which the following is a specification.

, especially This invention relates to vehicles and to self-propelled passenger coaches, whether'railway or what is commonly known as the omnibus and the object of the invention is to provide a light but substantial frame work capable of containing two tiers of seats within very limited space to provide for a maximum carrying capacity in a coach of the usual size. Other novel'and useful details are also provided to economize in space and aflord a compact and substantial construction, as will be more fully described in the following specification, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,- wherein:

Figure 1 is'a front view vehicle. Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same with the front platform and wall, removed. a a Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the coach and seats.

Fig. 4 is a cross section through a modified construction.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation slightly modified.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view.

In populous cities .where cars and coaches of the improved are run on those thoroughfares which are.

much frequented there are certain. hours when thecars are crowded to excess and other times when the patronage is limited.

The tendency in the construction heretofore of these cars and coaches hasbeen to provide an abundance of standing room and to neg- 'lect the comfort of the passengers as far as seating capacity is concerned.

The present invention 1s esgeclaly designed to seatall of the passen ers' and to limit the standing room. to narrow aisles and at the same time to form a frame work .frames depending upon the length of the regular intervals along the inside of the lower part of the car body. This construc- 131011 when made up of a number of these frames united by longitudinalrods 15 and braced by angle pieces 16 if necessary, forms a substantial metal structure for a car body to carry heavy loads in the shape" of seated passengers, the number of such'cross shaped vehicle and the load to be carried.

The seats are arranged in lower tiers 17 and upper tlers 18, .the seats. 17 having an aisle between them and the opposite occupants will face each other. The upper seats 1'8 aredivided by 'a 'common back 18 and face'outward, and the occupants have anunobstructed view through the windows 19,

adaptin -the vehicle as an observation car.

and ma ing no provision for standing pas} sengers in the upper part of the-car. In the lower floor the aisle between the seats is wide and the rods 14 alford ample means for the standing passenger to secure himself in an upright position as the car moves.

The vehicle may be provided, especially in winter, with the top 20 of any desired light construction and secured to the frame of the body, and when the top is dispensed with in temperate weather the open air seats may prove more desirable than those within the inclosure below.

Wheels 21 of any desired type and size are provided and supported on axles 22 carried in the recess 23 of the lower floor ofthe vehicle and which necessitates the platform 24:

at the entrance of the lower floor but which forms one of the steps in the flight to the upper tier of seats.

The upper seats are reached by the wind ing stairs 24 shown in Fig. 2 as starting within theaisle of the lower tier of seats and by means of low risersmaking a half turn and landing in the upper aisles at the sides of the car, a suitable railing'being provided for each flight and posts 25 limit the door opening on the lower floor.

The ventilators 26 are not an absolute necessity but under ordinary circumstances may be found desirable.

In the modified form shown in Fig.4 the parts forming the frame are substantially the same but it resembles the letter H with the lower rows 27 of seats back to each othe and the aisles 28 along the outer walls 29.

The upper seats 30 are against the walls 29 and the passengers are'face to face while bracing and supporting rods 31 extend from the floor to the roof, carryingthe floor 32 of the aisle 33 and affording assistance to the standing passengers therein.

In the preferred form of construction recesses are formed under the arms 11 and 12 of the cross and the seats thereon the entire length of the vehicle, and in the same are located the springs, wheels and motors. The

former are located on bars 34 supported at each end by the axles 22, and on the steering knuckles 35, each carrying on its pivot a motor 36 adapted .to rotate the wheel 2-1, the wheels are journaled.

The modified form of vehicle in Fig. 4 does not permit of this construction however so that its running gear may be of the usual t pe.

A modified form of stairway is shown in Figs. -5 and 6 where with high risers the side of the platform and within same is the steering and control means for the entire vehicle, while at the other side of the platform is the only entrance and at this point may be located the conductor or the man to collect the fares.

hen the length and requirements demand it, bracing is resorted to in addition to the rods l-l and the barsBl and all of this metal work is of light construction as possible for the strength required.

It is obvious that other modifications or arrangements of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the essential features above described or from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a vehicle, the combination of a series of upright frames spaced at intervals and having central lower depressions for an aisle and lower outside recesses, axles passing through the depressions, steerin knuckles at the end of the axles, motors on the steering knuckles, wheels, elevated portions to the up per sides of the frames and constituting head room for the aisles, and seats on the elevated portions.

2. In a vehicle, the combination of a series of frames having upper extensions and lower depressions to form an aisle, vertical braces connecting the extension and the depression, longitudinal connecting bars, axles passing through the depressions, wheels at the ends of the axles and in the recesses adjacent to the depressions, and motors for the wheels and supported by the ends of the axles.

Signed at New York, in thecounty of New York, and State of New York, this 31st day of December, A. D. 1917.

MORTIMER S. BROWN. 

